How to unbind an external event when a controller/$scope is destroyed?
To execute event unbind when controller's scope is got destroyed use:
$scope.$on('$destroy', function () { /* Unbind code here */ });
See Scope docs for more info
Use $routeChangeStart or $routeChangeSuccess events:
function MyController ($scope) { $scope.bar = '…'; externalSource.on('foo', function (data) { $scope.$apply(function () { $scope.bar = data.bar; }); }); $scope.$on('$routeChangeStart', function(next, current){ // unregister listener // externalSource.off .... });}... or $destroy event:
$scope.$on('$destroy', function(){ // unregister listener // externalSource.off .... });